Your new or renewed Town Crier Membership comes with nice extras. A huge one is supplied through the generosity of Bruce Ross and Eileen Gallo-Ross, owners of The Red Kettle restaurant in downtown Idyllwild: Discounts on up to two meals per day for six months!(Other businesses, please note: We’re open to your generosity in providing…
Brendan Steele will play this week in the $11.5-million The Open Championship at the Royal St. George’s Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, England. The Open is one of the four major championships in golf.Brendan has played The Open four times on various U.K. courses. His best and most-recent finish was a tie for 47th at…
Q. Do you wear a cummerbund with the pleats facing up or down? –Woodrow, Aguanga A. No, I don’t. But if you’re going to wear one, wear it with the pleats facing up. That way they’ll catch all the cracker and cookie crumbs that would otherwise fall on the floor, which would be embarrassing. Q….
A “Thank You!” shoutout to all Town Crier Members and Readers who responded in our recent drive to raise money for the Idyllwild HELP Center (IHC).Many of you donated your federal relief money — not really needed for your own COVID-19 relief — to the IHC, which used it for folk who really did need…
Q. Every wash day I have to spend time emptying my husband’s pants pockets. He keeps stuffing his left hip pocket with bits of paper—receipts, ticket stubs, etc. Do you do this? -Shirl, Palm Desert A. No, I do not. I stuff bits of paper in my right hip pocket. My left hip pocket gets…
Brendan Steele posted a 1-under-par 69-70 — 139 last week at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, on the PGA Tour.The previous week he finished birdie-birdie-birdie to miss the cut by one stroke. Last week, he finished bogey-bogey-bogey to the same end.The Idyllwild native posted an eagle and five birdies against six bogeys while belting…
You Town Crier Members have been crucial to the TC’s operation. We have done about all the internal economizing we can do now, so your Memberships are all the more important to us.Many Hill businesses likely will reopen or extend their hours during the next few weeks, and, of course, they will want to let…
Q. When should I put on socks with sandals? -Alan, Rubidoux A. Before you put on the sandals. Wearing socks over sandals is considered gauche everywhere except New South Wales, where it’s done only on St. Elmo’s feast day. Q. Is wearing a tie and shorts considered attractive? -Taylor, Calimesa A. Maybe to someone else…
Brendan Steele had up-and-down rounds in the U.S. Open last week, missing the cut by one stroke. He pulled it altogether for his last three holes scoring birdie-birdie-birdie — perhaps in preparation for this week’s tournament.The Idyllwild native will tee it up Thursday in the $7.4-million Travelers Championship on the TPC River Highlands course in…
Q. I have a shirt with a missing button. The only button I have to replace it has two holes, whereas the rest of the buttons on the shirt have four holes. Is it okay to replace a four-hole button with a two-hole button? -Dale, Valle Vista A. It depends upon the position of the…
